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Practice and Application
Use the synthetic substitution
1. PORN =~ 38x49
6. PE-2)=xt4 IW 4K eK +3
1) =2x°
2 PED W204 2m any 7. PG)=20 44x =x-9;
3. P(2)= 2x? 2,2_
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PFlgg oe “Se ~3n45 9. PG)=2x +x2=x-9;
ee a 10. o{2)=t0.+2- 1+ 4
0. eae amet Theorem to find the remainder when each polynomial is divided by the correspondin
11, 2x? + 8x?- 3x13 x42, 15, 2x44 7x26; x+1 19, 4x3 + 57x? 4x-3,x43
12, 8 +8;x-2 16, 2x*— 5x3 + 3x —6; 2x-1 20. 2x3 + 4x2 +x-8,x+2
13. 0-64; x-4 17. x84+3x? + 2x-9;x-1
14, 4x° + 6? —X+5;x43 18. 3x3 + 12x? + 3x + 12;x-4
Il. Find the value of k so that the remainder in each division problem is (a) 3 and (b) 5.
21. 2x3 + 3x2 +kx-2)+(K+1) 23. (+ bxP=—4K+2)+(K-3) 25, (x -2x +3) #(K-2)
22. (5x?—kx + 4) +(x +3) 24, (4x2 kx +5) +(x +7) 26. (2x) + 3x? + 2x +k) +
IV. Solve the following problems.
27. Find p if x? — 2x? + px + 9 leaves a remainder 1 when divided by x + 1.
28. When the expression 4x? — 3x — 8 is divided by x —a, the remainder is 2. Find the value of a.
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respectively. Find the values of m and n.
sn divided by x —3 and a remainder
nomial is divided by x—3.
— 4 and the remainder is -10. Find
30. The polynomial 3x? + mx? + nx + 5 leaves a remainder of 128 whel
of 4 when divided by x + 1. Calculate the remainder when the poly!
31. When the polynomial P(x) is divided by x — 5, the quotient is 3x?
P(x).
32. When P(x) = x? + ax — b is divided by x — 1, the remainder is -6. When P(x) i
remainder is 3. Find the values of a and b.
divided by x + 2, the
(Writing *
1. Explain how to perform long division of polynomials. Divide 4x*— 4x? + 6x by x ~ 4 to illustrate your
answer.
2. State the Remainder Theorem.
Explain how the Remainder Theorem can be used to find P(-3) if P(x) = x‘ + 5x? + 2x? + 8x +2.
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Using the Remainder Theosem
1. When f(x) is divided by x —2 and x +3, the remainders are 5 and -1, respectively. Find the remainder
when f(x) is divided by x? + x - 6.
2. Alvin worked out the given polynomials:
f(x) = 5x2(x — 2) — x? + 2x — 10
f(1)=5+2-1+2-10=-2
He claimed that when f(x) is divided by x — 1, the remainder is -2. Is Alvin’s claim correct? Explain,
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